[Lowfer] 630 meter WSPR last night
N1BUG
paul at n1bug.com
Thu Nov 26 17:38:21 EST 2020
Balloons often use WSPR but this would be the first time I have heard of
one on 630m. That would be an interesting antenna challenge. ;-)
I can offer a comment or two from personal experience.
Recent versions of WSJT-X write all call signs and grid squares decoded
on WSPR to a file called HASHTABLE.TXT. Once a false decode happens the
first time and gets into that file, it can be more likely for the same
false decode to crop up over and over. I have seen this many times with
my 'nemesis' false decode - a particular call/grid combination that used
to happen quite often with my particular noise profile. If I deleted it
from HASHTABLE.TXT it would typically be a few days before it came up
again, but once it did (and was written back into the file) it would
keep coming up several times every night until I deleted it again.
It wouldn't be unprecedented for the same false decode to occur at more
than one station. From time to time, perhaps changing with new versions
of the software, or alignment of planets or who knows what, there has
appeared to be a slight predisposition to particular false decodes.
73,
Paul N1BUG
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